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THEY'LL GET ME SURE 1 WISH
X COULD HIDE IN THAT FOX-
HOLE AND NEVER COME OUT.'
WHAT AM I DOIN' UP HERE ?

COME ON . YOU
HEROES/YUH CAN'T
HIDE ALL DAY -' LET'S
GO AND <3ET 'EM.'

AFRAID

SURE", IT'S EASY FOR KALEK I
HE'S NOT AFRAID— HE'S NOT
EVEN HUMAN •' I'M JUST A
STUPID PRIVATE .' I'M
SCARED PLENTY .'

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l THE MEN DIDN'T LIKE SERGEANT KALEK '

BUT THEY EXPECTED HIM TO LEAD THE WAV
IN COMBAT AND FOLLOWED HIM WHEN HE
DID/ THAT KALEK MIGHT FEEL FEAR AS -
i THEY DID NEVER OCCURRED TO THEM ... AND
KALEK HIMSELF HAD TO FIGHT IT, 5URPRE5S-I
"■fer IT.' FOR FEAR WAS A LUXURY He COULDN'T
.AFFORD/ .

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HE NEARLY SOT ME /l'D BE UUST
ANOTHER NUMBER IN THE CASUALTY
REPORT IF HE DIDN'T STUMBLE .' HE
WON'T SET ANOTHER CHANCE /

LOOK AT KALEK.' HE'S IN
HIS GLORY .' WARS WERE
INVENTED FOR
GUYS LIKE HlN\.'

THE PLATOON
NEVER KNEW
OF HIS FEAR.'
BUT HE
WOULD'V/E
GIVEN HIS
STRIPES TO
BE ABLE TO
BREAK DOWN
AND ADMIT
HIS PEELINGS
LIKE THE
OTHERS,'

I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE
RIGHT NOW .' I NEARLY
RAN FOR IT WHEN THEY
CHARGED US LAST TIME-'
I CAN'T LET THE OTHERS
KNOW I'M AFRAID.'
I CAN'T

LOOK AT THAT /JUST LIKE
HE WAS BACK AT THE
RIFLE RANGE SHOOTIN ' S
FOR THE RECORD/HE'S J
A COLD FISH ,ALL RIGHT.'

THE OTHERS. ADJUSTED
NORMALLY TO LIFE IN THE
LINES— KALEK HAD TO ACT
LIKE HE'D SPENT HALF HIS
LIFE BEING SHOT AT.'

FIGHTIN' ARMY

HOW DO YOU THINK T FEEL. "? WELL BACK.
TO WORK, SARGE.' KEEP PRETENDING
YOU'RE A HERO AND ONE OF THESE ^
DAYS _YOU'Ll_ BE ONE .'

YEAH , A DEAD
ONE .' SEE
YOU LATER.

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^HE JOKES
WITH THE
CAPTAIN RE-
LIEVED THE
FEAR A
LITTLE —
BUT THEN
HE WAS
ALONE
AGAIN .'
ALONE
WITH HIS
FEAR,
THE EVER
PRESENT
FEAR. 1

r COULD SAY I WAS GOING TO CHECK C
AMMO AND SPEND THE [MIGHT BACK
THERE WHERE IT'S SAFE 7 / X CAN'T
TAKE THIS IWJCH LONGER .'

KuT HE DlPN'T.'
HE STAYED THERE,
ALERT AND
WATCHFUL,
AFRAID BUT
UNABLE TO
FORGET HIS
UNIFORfA
OR DUTY /

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MOST OF THE MEN SOT SOME SLEEP

IN THE NIGHTS THAT FOLLOWED/ BUT
SERGEANT KALEK PlPNT SLEEP AT ALU.'

IT SEEMS THAT YOUR MEN
HAVE PROVED TO BE THE
STEADIEST UNDER FIRE .'
SO WE -- ESPECIALLY
YOUR MEN HAVE TO HOLD
THE LINE WHEN THE
REPS MAKE THEIR
BIS MOVE /

THAT'S ASKIN'TOO MUCH /
I'M HUMAN .' THE KIPS IN KAY
PLATOON ARE HUMAN.' I'M
FEP UP -' LET SOMEONE
ELSE RUN THE PLATOON

FIGHTIN' ARMY

ALL RK3HT, YOU PICK THE
MAN.' UNTIL. YOU DO,
YOU'LL RUN IT .'

THE REPS CHARGED RIGHT ON SCHEDULE .'
THE CHARGE ALMOST PANICKED KALEK /

I CAN'T DO IT.' I CAN'T".'
IT'S ASKIN' TOO MUCH l

BUT KALEK

ONLY
WEAKENED
FOR A
MOMENT- -

THEN
HE WAS
PRETEND-
ING TO BE
A HERO
AGAIN.' HE
AND THE
OTHERS
PRETENDEP

WELL.

VERY

WELL .'

COM£ ON ' COMe. ON I.
THE REPS ARE GIVING
UP/

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YOU'RE NOT SHAKY.
NOW, KALEK/ BY
THE WAY I PUT
YOU UP FOR A
SILVER STAR !

WHA--?
. LISTEN,
. 'I DON'T
DESERVE
A- HUH ?

LATER, IN A REAR AREA--

FIGHTIN' ARMY

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The howling horde of moros were working themselves into a frenzy / with -
the new guns, they were almost certain to overcome the few u.s. army mem
in that corner of the philippines to go on and scourge the" entire island/
thesix men in the scouting- detachment couldn't stop them... so hcw could
sergeant q.ipf bwles do i t ail alone ?

JUAN

D&N.JERO,
A
MORO
GUERILLA i
VWAS
IN THE .
PAN
OF THE
SPANIARDS.'
LIEUTENANT
CLAYTON
HAD TO
FIND
HIM!
LEARN

HIS
INTENTIONS...

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BUT
SERGEANT
BAYLES
KNEVJ
THEY
WQULD...
AND
A
SPLIT
SECOND
LATER
THE
MOROS
CONFIRMED
IT...

LISTEN, YOU TWO

ewe me vour.

RIFLES/ GET
ALL THE AMMUNI-
TION THE OTHERS
CAN SPAR'S.' I'VE

BUT EVEN IP YOU
CLIMB THE
TREE, THEY'LL
GET YOU

sooner:

OR LATER/

WITH A SPACE RIFLE
AND PLENTV OP
AMMUNITION, THEY'LL
TAKE A LONG- TIME
DOING IT/ YOU CAN
GET TO THE CAPTAIN
IN TIME, MAVBE"'

FIGHTW ARMY

X'M ALL SET, SIR.' NOW \ VOU'RE A
GET OUT OP HERE AMD J BRAVE MAN.
DON'T SPOIL MS PUW/ / SERGEANT/

YES, AND ALONELS OWE/ POR SERGEANT
BAYLES KNEW THAT A HUNDRED RAGING-
MOROS WERE COMING-... AND HE KNEW
HIS ALMOST CERTAIN" PATE ...

AMERICANS STOP
HERE... UNDER
TREE/

THEV KNEW HJE PURSUED --YET THEY
STOPPED... AND SEE, THE BACK
OF THE PALM IS SCRATCHED/
SOMEONE HAS
CLIMBED IT.' r^n _._ ^. i m*-/

SLAV HIM/ HE
IS QNlS ONE MAN/

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EVEN THE /UADDEWED MOROS
PLED HIS SEARCHING- BULLETS.'
CLIFF BAYLES. THOUGH" HE
KWEW THE EWD WAS OWLS
DELAYED, FELT GOOD...-

THEY'LL BE A LITTLE
CAUTIOUS FOR A WHILE -
TILL JUAN DAW-JERO cftN
GET 'EM STEAMED UP '
AGAIN.' THEN...

BUT SERGEANT BAYLES
HAD HARDTACK ... AMD
PLENTY TO DRINK...

THIS COCOWUT MILK
IS A LITTLE SOUR,
BUT IT TASTES
GOOD AFTER.
A .WHILE/

AND LT. CLAYTON'S /VIEW WERE
BACK AT THE POST.' THIS
TI/VAE, THE ENTIRE GABRl-
SOW WOULD TAKE THE
FIELD ... f

FIGHTIN' ARMY

TROOPS, HEARING- THE GUWFlRE,
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JUST 1U TI/V1E TO SEE THE LAST OP THE
PLEEIWCy /VIOROS. ,

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SER,'. THAT'S
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f WIS VERSUS VON ZEPPELIN

A week after the world was saddened by
the new* of Wilbur Wright's death on Memorial
Day, 1912, an event took place on June 7,
1912, that would in time directly affect man-
kind more than did the pioneer flight at Kitty
Hawk. For on that day. Captain Charles De-
Forest Chandler successfully fired a full auto-
matic weapon from an aircraft in flight for the
first time in aviation history.

The experiment was carried out unofficially.
It. Col. Isaac N. lewis. Coast Artillery, United
States Army, had devised a weapon for the
Automatic Arms Co. of Buffalo, hi. Y. Feeling
it was a most progressive step in machine-gun
construction, he visualized its use in the most
promising development of the day — the flying
machine!

It. Col. Isaac N. Lewis talked about this to
Captain Chandler, the commanding officer at
College Park. The captain agreed to try this
gun and offered to fire it personally.

The early model of the Lewis air-cooled
automatic machine gun weighed 25 pounds, 6
ounces and was chambered for the caliber
.30/06 United States Army infantry rifle car-
tridge. The ammunition was contained in a cir-
cular drum that slipped over a post on the top
of the receiver. The rate of fire of the weapon
was given as well above 750 rounds per minute.
For this trial, however, it was slowed down by
Tutting unusual tension on the return spring,
lewis thought it best to shoot 500 shots a
ninute, allowing the gunner to empty the drum
n 6 seconds. Tfie gun had no sighting arrange-
ment other thdn looking along the top of the
.'nusually large aluminum barrel jacket.

Captain Chandler, after being shown by
ewis how to operate the weapon and being

ade familiar with the kick and amount of
■mp when operating it full automatic, took his
-lace in the Type B Wright Pusher plane. The
muzzle of the gun rested on the cross bar upon
.vhich the pilot and observer placed their feet.
It had been agreed that the firing was to take
place a short distance In front of the hangar.
In the interest of safety a decision was made
to fly at a low altitude.

A target, consisting of a piece of cheese-
cloth 6 by 7 feet in size was laid on the ground.

Lewis calculated that the plane would travel
over the length of the target in one-tenth of a
second. Lt. T. DeWitt Milling, who was piloting
the plane, made three approaches at an alti-
tude of 250 feet. Each time a short burst was
fired. Examination showed five hits on the tar-
get and several bullet holes directly in front
of the cheesecloth.

Chandler could not see where the bullets
were hitting on the ground. When circling over
some adjacent fish ponds, he fired the re-
mainder of the drum into the water to observe
the spacing of the bullets by the splashes.

This unscheduled burst caused the colonel
much concern. Thinking that Chandler may
have fif ?d the weapon accidently, he asked the
observeis to take cover in the hangars as a.
precautionary measure. He concluded that if
the trigger had been pulled once accidentally,
it might be done again. Later Lewis was much
relieved by the captain's explanation for firing
into the pond.

Realizing they had contributed to aviation
history, they planned another trial the follow-
ing day. This time a target 2 yards wide and
18 yards in length was used. And again, the
two officers, Chandler and Milling, took off in
the plane. From experience gained the day be-
fore, they decided to raise the altitude to 550
feet. Even at the increased height, 14 shots
out of the 44 fired hit the target and the re-
mainder of the bullets left holes in the ground
close by.

A Serbian student named Princep,. on June
28, 1914, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferd-
inand of Austria and thus set off what can be
called the First Great Machine Gun War. The
automatic .weapon had heretofore been em-
ployed only in minor conflicts. In the 1914-
1918 war it was estimated that 92 percent of
all casualties were inflicted with this highly
lethal type of weapon.

Mention must be made of the part played
by the Lewis aircraft machine gun in breaking
up the Zeppelin raids over England. This Ger-
man aircraft was named for its inventor, Count
Ferdinand von Zeppelin. He was born on July
8, 1838, in Constance, Baden, Germany, and
after 30 years of service in the German Army,

retired with the ronk of General. He announced
his intention of devoting the remainder of hii
life to the study of aeronautics and the building
of lighter-than-air-machines.

His decision was influenced partially by his
term as military attache in the United States
during the Civil War. At that time he made his
first balloon ascension with Professor Lowe to
reconnoiter the Confederate forces.

Unable to find financial backing at first,
Count von Zeppelin sold his family estate and
all other valuables to raise the money needed
to conduct his first experiment. Within 2 years
he had his first airship, using a 16 horsepower
Daimler motor for power, ready for flight.
After a short trial in the air, it was destroyed
by an accident, as were also Zeppelins II,
III, and IV.

The count was financially ruined after so
many failures and very low in morale when the
German Government agreed to finance the next
shjp, to be known as the Deutschland. In 1910
it made a flight for a distance of 300 miles.
This feat stirred the imagination of the German
people and over $1,500,000 poured in for the
purpose of more experimentation.

The Deutschland was also wrecked by a
sudden and violent wind as it attempted to
land, but the government now had implicit
faith in the Zeppelins. Further experimentation
was needed and finally one of these ships
powered with 75 horsepower engines success-
fully rode out a storm for three days with gales
at times of 80 miles per hour. Between 1900
and 1914 the Zeppelin Corporation constructed
over 115 airships of the rigid type.

The German military command realized that
it had at its disposal what might be considered
a powerful weapon. The Zeppelins could stay
aloft longer than conventional airplanes. They
could also reach a greater altitude than any
plane. Their speed, especially with a favorable
wind was far in excess of that standard military
aircraft. Best .of all, the designers reasoned
that the huge area and unlimited carrying
power of the dirigibles furnished a platform
upon which to mount weapons. This would al-
low them to fight off anything that dared to
approach the flying arsenal.

The first Zeppelin assault on England took
place at Great Yarmouth on January 19, 1915.

/"

It resulted in minor damage and was con-
sidered merely a token raid, a dress rehearsal
for the main event. An English newspaper
made the statement: "What made the people
indignant was not so much the ruthlessness of
the Germans, but the failure of our own naval
and military to offer any protection ... or even
to harass them when they came."

It took years in time and millions in money
to build up the Zeppelin myth. It was quickly
shattered when British airmen found the fatal
weakness of the huge airships. The following
report on bringing down a Zeppelin-, the 1-53,
by Lt. Culley, of the Royal Air Force, illustrates
a typical encounter:

"The naval units informed me at 8:30 a.m.
there was a Zeppelin approaching from NE a*
an estimated 15,000 feet altitude. I got my
'Camel' into the air at 8:41 a.m. and with the
sun at my. back, I climbed upwards. When first
sighted, the airship was broadside, but evidently
having sighted me it had turned end on and
had climbed to 19,000 feet. As we approached,
the 'Camel' sat tail down unable to climb an-
other inch of altitude. At this close point the air-
ship started to pass slowly overhead. I pressed
the trigger of my two Lewis guns mounted above
the wing and after firing a long burst ob-
served the bullets strike and flash as they hit
the metal in the under belly of the huge ship.

A propeller on an engine on the port side
was seen to stop and as nothing else seemed
to happen I dived my plane, followed later by
an explosion as the whole airship exploded
in flames. One of the crew succeeded in jump-
ing with a parachute and was saved . . ."

Lt. Culley could have mentioned the fact
that he was using the new Buckham incendiary
bullets in his guns. Of the 12, Zeppelins de-
stroyed in attacks over London, the Lewis air-
craft machine gun is officially credited with
shooting down 10 of them.

In studying the history of 'the various
weapons invented to be used in a war, the
following observation may be of interest: A
terrible effective weapon is created. Then an-
other one to oppose it! Here an invention of an
American met the invention of a German —
and won.

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/HE COMPAWV KUE-W HAWK SCHIFFER WAS DEAD.' HE HAP TO BE.' NO OWE COULD LIVE THROUGH
THE GERMAN BARRAGE THAT HAD POUNDED THE ARGONNE FOR DAYS...

Pi ARGONWE, THE BLOODY ARGOUWE, WAD THE
AMERICANS STOPPED.' IT V-JAS MIWEO. SATURATED
VJITH MACHINE GUNS, AMD BIG- GUMS BEHIND
THE UWE POUNDED IT DAY AFTER DAY...

YUH DANGED
HILLBILLY.' X
TOLD VUH TUH

KEEPVOUFJ.

HEAD DOWN.'

FIGHTIN' ARMY

HAMK "WAS TRyiNG- TO GET THE PRISONER ON
HIS FEET WHEW HE HEARD MORE GERMANS
APPROACHING.' HE DOVE FOR A BOMBPROOF
DUGOUT FAST..

THIS HERE ONE LOOKS SASSY/
MUST BE A BIG SHOT/ PULL HI/VA
IN, PUTHISA4ASK.OW, HOLD
Hl/W AVJHILE/

HAWW CORRALLED FIVE CHOICE PRISONERS
THAT WAV / THE GERMANS CLEARED THAT
AREA FAST.' THEV THOUGHT IT WAS HAUNTED.

LATER... TWO COLONELS

• A BRIGADIER

GEN'RAL. AND TWO
CAPTAINS/ NICE
GOlW... HANK.' HOW
COME VOL! TURNED
BLUE?

THE OFFICERS
I CAPTUBED
DID TOO/
' THAT DUGOUT
WAS IN SLUE
'CLAY-- r RUBBED
rroM SO THE
GERMANS WOULD
NOT SEE US/
"WHEN THEY DID,
IT SCARED
THEM/

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FIGHTIN' ARMY

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TO/ THIS ONE FOUGHT HARD. STRIVING- TO VJIN GROUND HE COULD NOT USE, FIGHTING MEM
HE DID NOT KNOW.' THEN A NAMELESS ENEMN, FIRING AT RANDOM. EMPTIED HIS RIFLE, AND..

...AND BEHIND
THE RED LINES,
AN ARTiLLERV
CAPTAIN GETS
HIS ORDERS.'
LAN DOWN

A HE/WN
BARRAGE - -
INDIFFERENT,
UNKNOWING
THAT A NINE-
TEEN NEAR
OLD BOV

IS ONE OF
THE TARGETS...

FIGHTIN' ARMY

HUNDREDS OF SHELLS ARCH
SKYWARD BUT OWE - -ONLV
OWE... IS DESTIMED FOR
THAT PATCH OR EARTH

WHERE THE SOLDIER LIES.

THUS. BALLISTICS AND THE.
IMPERSONAL ORDERS OP
THE RED COMMAND HAVE
STARTED THAT SHELL ON ITS
JOURNEY TOWARD DESTRUC-
TION/ NOTHING- CAW STOP
IT-- NOTHING...

NO, NOTHING- W ILL STOP THE
SHELL.' HERE If IS, IN THE
BARREL OF THE GUN...

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FIGHTIir ARMY

THERE IT WAS/ THE TARGET...
THE SHELL OM ITS WAV.' WHAT
HOPE WAS THERE ?"

COMEOK1, BUSTER. TEY
HELP ME.' IT'S MOT
HEALTHY OUT HERE/

FIGHTIN' ARMY

PRIORITY TARGET

CAPTAIN MARTIN'S CHARLIE COMPANV HAD GOME AFTER MANY OBJECTIVES IN FRANCE --
BUT NEVER DID THEY C30 AFTER ONE AS DETERMINED AS THE CHATEAU DE B^IAWD.'
THEy WOULDN'T LET ANY THING STOP THEM ...

_SH87

AMD IT WASN'T JUST THE CAR
TAIW OR SERGEANT O'BRIEW
WHO WANTED IN ...

HE'S GOTTA RE-
LOAD IN A SECOND.'
WE'LL CHARGE.'

WE'RE
PRACTICALLY
IN.'

BUT THE GERMAN DEFEND-
ERS FOUGHT FANATICALLY.'
THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF
GIVING IT UP...

mmw army

THE VAWKS WAD TO PIGHT
FOR EVERV ROOM , EVERV
VAULT IM THE HUGE CELLAR.'
FINALLY, THEV FLUSHED THE
LAST ENEMW SOLDIER OUr...

THAT DOES \ GOOD.' POST

IT, SIR.' THE ) SENTRIES,

OBJECTIVE / THEN PASS

IS OURS, / THE MJORD

SIR.' / THAT PLAN

*A7 IS IM

FORCE/

I'M GOING- TO SLEEP CLEAKJ ,
SHAVED, IN A REAL BED.'
THIS IS BETTER. THAN
BEING A GENERAL/

CAPTAIN /MARTIN'S COMPAW RESTED THERE
A WEEK .' THEN CAME THE ORDERS
THEV'D ALL BEEN DREADING-..,

EN&.

FIGHTIN' ARMY

WE'RE COOKED \ WE WAVE MORE CHANCE IN HERE, SARGE/
IF THEV FIND US WE'RE OUT OF GAS AND LOW OW AMMO/

IN THERE. / GET THAT SCRM 3 IRON INSIDE --WE'LL

CAPTAIN.' y^». ARGUE uATER/

RED TANK CO//1IN', CAP/
BETTER GET IN AND PULL
THE HOLE IN AFTER VUH/

~ '*

«£pHE REDS HAD MASSED
NORTH OF THE YALU,
BRINGING UPTANKS.AB-
TILLERY , AND SUPPLIES.'
THEN. THEV STRUCK... AND
THE U.N. FORCES HAD TO
DROP BACK, MAKING-
THE REDS PM DEARLV
FOR EVERY FOOT OF
GROUND THEY GAINED/
CAPTAIN JIM CROS-
LEV'S TANK OUTFIT
SUFFERED HEAVILV,'

FIGHTIN' ARMY

X BEGIN TO
GET IT.' VCXI
WERE HERE
BEFORE, EH
CAPTAIN ?

NO, V4E VJON'T/ GET A SHOVEL / WE'LL \
MOVE MOST OF THIS DIRT OUT OF THE
<HfH .' JUST BE SURE WE
DOWT BREfcK THROUGH.'

MEAN-
WHILE,
THE

BIO

BRASS

VJAS
FRANTIC,
STEM-
MING-

THE

RED

DRIVE...

WHERE ARE
SOURTAMKS?
DID WE
LOSE THEAA
TOO?

FIGHTIN' ARMY

WHN"*IF
HE ISM'T
BACK MOW.
THE REDS
HfWE-
TAKEW
HIM,'

FIGHTIN' ARMY

*

SHELL
BLASTED
-JEEP
IN A
DITCH
NEARSS
OFFERED
CROSLEY
HIS ONLW
CHANCE/

HE
MADE
A DASH
FOR.
IT
AND
CHECKED

THE
COMMAND
RADIO...

, <SO

" Jaheao,

'JIM.'
THIS.

AS THE CAPTAIN ELUDED THE RED ARMORED CAR...

HAVENT GOT TIME
TO BE POLITE ■
BOYS'

MADE IT/ I HOPE THE COLONEL.
KNOM4S VWHAT IRISHMAN'S BIRTH-
DAY X MEAN / TODAV IS
MARCH THE SIXTEENTH/

SARGB,
"WHAT
DAY
IS

TOMOR-
ROW?

•ST. FWTRICK'S
DAY. YOU
/OMADHAUW/
* THW'S IRISH
FOR CAPTAIN ,
SIR/

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DIRT AT THE CAVE ENTRANCE
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HEY.' OVER HE
VOU CRUMBS

RED TANKS SWUNG- AROUND-- BEWILDER-
ED AT THIS NEW ENEMV IN THEIR. REAR...

START ZIGZAGGING, RED.' THEY'LL
THROW ALL THEV HAVE TO KEEP
USAW6W FROM
THEIR AMMO
DUMP/

FIGHTIN' ARMY

THOUSANDSOF TONS OF AMMUNITION FOR
THE RED THRUST LAV AHEAD/ CAPTAIN
CROSLEY GAVE THE ORDER TO FIRE...

SCRATCH ONE RED AMMUNITION
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OF OPPORTUNITY
AS THE FIN -
BOYS DO.'

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